Dr. Dorothy Nivens
Doctor of Nursing Practice, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Founder, Dr. Dorothy J. Nivens, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, PMHNP-BC
Dr. Nivens is known for her warmth, understanding, and helpful explanations that facilitate treatment. She is dedicated to individualized patient care. She uses her experienced clinical judgment to determine if a psychiatric disorder has a physiological or emotional basis. Dr. Nivens also educates patients and their families about mental health awareness, through assessments, psychiatric evaluation, and medication management. She welcomes ages 18 years and older for psychiatric evaluations and medication management.
Dr Nivens completed her Master of Science in Nursing, FNP, in 2012, from Kaplan University. She received her certification as a family nurse practitioner from the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners in 2016.
During eight years of working in pain management as a nurse practitioner, she often found herself referring patients to a psychiatrist for mental health treatment. This is where her passion for specializing in mental health evolved. Dr. Nivens decided to further her education at the University of North Florida, earning a doctor of nursing practice in 2020 while becoming a psychiatric-mental health practitioner.
Throughout her career, Dr. Nivens has been passionate about helping her patients learn how to manage their disorders. She achieves success through a strong work ethic and appreciation for the value of education, learned while growing up. Her mother, a single mother of five, instilled excellent work ethics in her children. This background encouraged Dr. Nivens to become the first in her family to graduate from college.
Her treatment plan focuses on specialty areas that include:
- depression
- anxiety disorders
- obsessive thinking
- adjustment disorders
- self-esteem and confidence
- stress management
- life transitions
- mood disorders
- post-traumatic stress disorder
EDUCATION
Doctor if Nursing Practice, 07/2020
University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida
Master of Science in Nursing, 08/2012
Kaplan University, Chicago, Illinois
Bachelor of Science 12/2010
Winston- Salem State University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Associate Degree in Nursing 08/2009
Excelsior College, Albany, New York
LICENSURE
Advance Practice Registered Nurse, Sate of North Carolina issued 2016, current
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, State of Florida, 2020, current
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, State of South Carolina, 2021, current
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, State of New Jersey, 2021, current
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, State of Maryland, 2021, current
Registered Nurse, State of North Carolina, issued 2009, current
Founder, Dr. Dorothy J. Nivens, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, PMHNP-BC
Dr. Nivens is known for her warmth, understanding, and helpful explanations that facilitate treatment. She is dedicated to individualized patient care. She uses her experienced clinical judgment to determine if a psychiatric disorder has a physiological or emotional basis. Dr. Nivens also educates patients and their families about mental health awareness, through assessments, psychiatric evaluation and medication management and she welcomes ages 18 years and older for her psychiatric evaluations and medication management.
She received certification as a family nurse practitioner from the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners in 2016. Dr. Nivens graduated in 2012 from Kaplan University, Chicago, with a Master of Science in Nursing with dual certification as Family nurse practitioner.
During eight years of working in pain management as a nurse practitioner, she often found herself referring patient to a psychiatrist for mental health treatment. This where her passion to specialize mental health evolved. Dr. Nivens decided to further her education at the University of North Florida, earning a doctor of nursing practice in 2020 while becoming a psychiatric-mental health practitioner.
Throughout her career, Dr. Nivens has been passionate about helping her patients learn how to manage their disorders. She achieves success through a strong work ethic and appreciation for the value of education, learned while growing up. Her mother, a single mother of five, instilled excellent work ethics in her children. This background encouraged Dr. Nivens to become the first in her family to graduate from college.
Her treatment plan focuses on specialty areas that include:
- depression
- anxiety disorders
- obsessive thinking
- adjustment disorders
- self-esteem and confidence
- stress management
- life transitions
- mood disorders
- post-traumatic stress disorder
EDUCATION
Doctor if Nursing Practice, 07/2020
University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida
Master of Science in Nursing, 08/2012
Kaplan University, Chicago, Illinois
Bachelor of Science 12/2010
Winston- Salem State University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Associate Degree in Nursing 08/2009
Excelsior College, Albany, New York
LICENSURE
Advance Practice Registered Nurse, Sate of North Carolina issued 2016, current
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, State of Florida, 2020, current
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, State of South Carolina, 2021, current
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, State of New Jersey, 2021, current
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, State of Maryland, 2021, pending
Registered Nurse, State of North Carolina, issued 2009, current
